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fol. 15r   [fol. 14v is blank] 	Chapter III of Part I, Section I: 'Of Ideas of Power' (3.94-96)?
      
[Slip inserted:  Mod: Painters / Vol. 1. / ----- / Pt. 1. Sec.2. chap.2 / p.35 / ------- / Ideas of Power as they / are dependent on / Execution / ----- ]
      
      
      
     #42#<1st. 	Ideas of Power> .
     #43#< These I have defined to be the conception of the powers mental or bodily
     necessary to the production of any work of art.   The ^ {conception &}
     contemplation
     of a<n admir> power i<n>s not less productive of pleasure  than the
     contemplation
 5   	of a perfection or beauty . and it is often more elevating  .
     <Alceste  . in the Misanthrope> says impatiently of the sonnet of Orontes .
     <Voyons Monsieur      le temps> ne fait rien a l'affaire .*
     <This is not true in works> of art though it is of poetry .  The evidence >
10   requirement - and are indeed - the first manifestation of what is properly
     called powers - <labour being power only in its effect. & not as an instrument>
     If to ease & dexterity be added a peculiar & ingenious adaptation of
     means to ends . or ingenuity - foresight - & judgment - or have higher
     pleasure still - & so on - through all the powers of body or mind -
15   receiving the higher pleasure from the higher power.
     These powers are of course . totally independent of any beauty or desirable
     - ness in the object produced.  and are felt in exactly the same degree, on
     whatever subject they may be employed.   Whatever has been produced by
     a great power - & bears evidence in itself of having been so - is excellent
20   <excellent> . however. ugly or unpleasant it may be in itself.  And this

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